New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-31
AT COMFY ISLAND.
SIGHTS ON THE BEACH.

way OF paternal or moro strictly speaking IN tnis
particular case, maternal government ms the pae
| young mother in blue chintz dress with white
Droidery might have been justified In thinking as
she held her two-y earold boy by both ankles while
he struggling with all his might and main to get
over the ranys of an upper deck on Couoy isiand
excursion boat He had seen ship with black null
and tall masts lying in glistenng waters OF the
bay only few rods distant and 1t was toward this
| that his young spirit WINS bent on fleeing. Inc
| mothers delicate arms were almost wrenched from
their sockets, when seeing that force was nnavaing
| sue re9ortcd TO other tactics
I" Sec the big elephant there With the house on
his back" she said and thus by stroke oil diplomacy
she conquered. The childs gaze was diverted from
the ship to the huge monster of West Brighton and
| there remained trans6xed.
| What Q wonderland this place is to the juvenile
mind! The sound of the waves breaking on the
beach minges with the music Of the merry go-rounds
the cracking OF rifles in shooting galleries. the cries oil
| hawkers and showmen aud the laughter OF happy
children Evcrywher there is the energetic activity
| OF rollckng pleasure in which the young and ole
| aud midde-ased alike are sharing. There are
catchpenny booths at every turn and flaming canvas
daubed with the exaggerated likenesses OF monstros
ties which 1t Is claimed exist within, but which on
entering are found to be invisible.
Here you are, ladies and gentlemen; step right up
and all the living wonders of the world the tat
lazy, the tatooed girl, the man monkey and the real
albnO All for dime and delightful performance
every hour thrown in"
| Entering q strange looking man la one
corner seated on platform. He is dressed in suit
OF rusty black velvet fashioned Ia tho knlckerbVcker
| style. His complexion Is rudy; heavy growth OF
lemou-colored hair hangs down his shoulders. His
eyes OF pnkish shade and he sits blinking in the
glaring light Of an opposite window while he plays
with his fingers on his lap. Now and hen he eoyly
glaaces at the tattooed girl across the way, upon
whose shapeiy arms nod bosom the work OF the artist
reelected in many designs. Near the latter sits the
fat lady, Her chubby hands are employed in needle
work. She Is introduced as the wonder OF tho age.
beng eighteen years old, six feet one inch high and
weighing ass pounds. She tries to expand her pretty
mouth into q playful smile, but the great cheeks
refuse to yield pleasurable sensations Of her
spirit the cherry lips resume their natural
rosebud puoker. The heavy doors of Gage are
thrown back, and the man monkey Is dmly sean jump
ing from side to side Within but modesty declining to
permit any to get scrutnizng view OF his ugly
face. The exhibition ID brief for an entertaining
crsature like msn-monkey tc give and the doors are
quickly closed. Tho sound of music from rattietrap
of o piano Is heard, aud young woman in short
skirts bows to the slender audience Her eyes droop
and her bosom heaves she sings pathetcay and 10
a most appealing way o. Spare my Mothers Picture
from the SaIsr She reres at last behind the wings
with n prolonged trlll very high key. She
evidently invited an aud expected one, bat it
failed to como is booked for II. however, and so
she to tell in song about her Fathers Mill,
tho two selections demonstrating an unusual degree
of flal interest and solictude.
Il
and desire at seht ofthe dizzy merry goround
Sitting here by the side Of ee man who Is ,oDspcu-
ously engaged in an effort TO extracs additional npur
ishment from a dscolored quill toothpck, We sec .
venerable countrym.n approach accom- anied by his
wife and three dauL nters. he girls arc all dressed
alike In browa summer silk with white trimmings.
The material was probably remnant which the good
old mother had bought at closingout ssle long ago.
The smaller girl Is very pretty. She Is quite young
and looks like n wax doll that has been lying in the
| uhos face hasD
away leaving her features small bat still fresh and
beautiful The fat man. too, Is here, ana the minister
and his wife, ani the pstriarchal old man and bis
wife,
There Is something very seductive in the music that
ACCOMPANIES the nerryg 20 round 10 its vliest moods
aud one sits and looks long at the revolvn. spec
tscle tho temptation becomes almost Irresistible te
get on the back OF Of the objects and take whrl
Hcrs are horses with splendldly arched necks and
goats and grnning lions, and camels and ostrches
and camelopards holding their heads high In tue all
aud zebras with spots aud marks that will not wash
out and roosters with flaming red gills and mouths
open and necks stretched rs II they wanted TO crow
and couu not The fat man Is seen to wrgglo In bis
..at He wants to take tIrn but is afraid of being
laughed At He hesita.ss when the machinery is
stopped until the back OF nearly every animal OF low
has rider. At last he rises and approaches one Of
the ROSTERS lie chooses that because he will moi
have far to swing his leg to got on top Tho man in
charge shouts at hiu: a" Don't get up there, you'll
4 break him down." Then everybody laughs and the
8 fat man looks confused. Take lion." shouts the
man in charge There aiat none," replies the tat
man. Here's camel, take this" " No. l won't.
0 saw. the fat man, it's too high" Well, then,
e there's a goat, take that" NO. P be DANCED it
am goin' to ride any moro goats TONED tue odu
A Fellows once and know what it Is to ride goat"
sThen try ostrich" says the persistent keeper OF
, the auimals and fowls persuasiye!y.
An right" says the tat man, and the ostrich is
brought up. Then the tat man tries to cit sideways
and everybody laughs again. Set astr"ddle" cries
the manager. Tho fat man again looks confused tor
} a moment; then with the aid OF the manager he Is
assisted to the saddle. Like all the other objects
the outside circle the ostrich has small sword stack
In his head for the rider to catching rings In
passins given point. Tbs fat man tries to oaliie
criticism and laughter by whettng the sword on the
iro. rod in front of MIN which tho people IL
laugh all the more big German puts his small boy
| an the cameiopard behind the fat man with the
prouise to give hu for every ring he catches
and the merry goround begins to move. The girls In
the remnant silks are deli GIFTED, and the minister
looks on silently but with strange expression oil
: | desire on his face. The music box thunders away
aud the people 70 whirng around. At last tho bell
a rim a. The fat gets down from his ostrich he
mas ring on his sword for every circuit; the little
4 | German boy has none When the latter descends
tbs generous parent cries to the lad ste My
8 | q Auchi You ketch not Won ring. What for you
: ride and the fat man impusively tosses all Ms
. trophies on the sword Of the youngster. "Vot you
| mean nv d.-~ cries the German He gets nothings
from me for dot Try again." And the tat man
I ,.tires IN renewed and overwhelming confusion.
The girls In the remnant silks have been holding
consultation. and the wax DOLL who is evidently the
fsyorite, Is delegated by tho other sisters to ask
!, fathers permission" for ride; and ne smiiinsiy
ods bis head and hands over the money while the ole
u Iadv covers her taco with her handkerchief and
laughs at the idean The minister, too Is leaning
a cooling way toward his wife who is also Laughing
immodersseIy at the idea" of man of his cloth and
dignity and standing and age wanting to take rid'
J. on the merry-gorou He invites her to Join him
. She bristles up sturdy, gives him an awful look
. th,u bursts into giggles and wantS to know what
the matter with him. His eyes sparkle aud bis counto
sasss an the objects in the merry begin t
II AM NO. At last he rises. Don't you do IT, Zeb' hi
vito said ss she pulled him by tho tails OF his coat
= His mind IL made up, though by this time there
p IL nothing left for him bus s1uoDorn-ioo. au,